Abductions and killings Tanzania Stories
East African activists are breaking borders to challenge repression, amplify suppressed voices, and redefine democracy across the region.
The CS said efforts to trace Kenyan teacher John Ogutu’s body in Tanzanian hospitals and mortuaries have not yielded results.
Justice Martin Muya issued what he termed the "final adjournment," directing the IG to present a full account of the progress made by security agencie...
During his visit, Chakwera is expected to meet government officials, opposition figures, civil society leaders, religious authorities, and internation...
Besigye, who faces military court charges, has remained in custody despite repeated calls for bail and mounting concerns over his health. He is accuse...
Facing raids, abductions, and threats to their lives, Tanzanian CHADEMA leaders have crossed into Kenya seeking urgent protection.
Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo describe being abducted, held in a freezer, denied family contact, and subjected to starvation and torture during a 38-day...
After being held and tortured in Kampala, Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo launch legal action against Uganda to challenge cross-border political repressio...
The fisherman reportedly vanished at Manyani after being apprehended for allegedly trespassing in the protected area.
Prosecutors informed the court that Kinyagia's travel documents and other items seized during the investigation are crucial to an active inquiry.
According to the 2025 Global Terrorism Index, Somalia ranked seventh in 2024 among countries most impacted by terrorism, with Al Shabaab responsible f...
Mbugua, who served as a plant manager at Ardash Glass Company, was kidnapped at his workplace in Debre Berhan, in the Amhara region, about 120 kilomet...
He pointed to cases where government officials have struggled to provide clear information on the whereabouts of Kenyans detained by a neighbouring co...
The order follows an urgent application filed by Mbijiwe’s mother, Jane Gatwiri, who sought judicial intervention to compel the government to immediat...
Police in Nairobi blocked human rights activists from storming Foreign Affairs CS Musalia Mudavadi’s office as they demanded answers over the alleged...
Rights organisations in Kenya are sounding the alarm over the deteriorating health of activists Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo, who were abducted in Kamp...
The report also documented multiple cases of enforced disappearances and killings. In July 2024, Chadema official Dioniz Kipanya vanished after leavin...
Mbijiwe's family is seeking orders requiring top state security agencies to account for his whereabouts, four years after he disappeared under mysteri...
The blogger's latest application comes after Justice Chacha Mwita, on September 16, 2025, declined to grant similar orders sought by his lead counsel,...
The Uganda Police, however, have since refuted claims that the two activists are in state custody. During a press briefing, ACP Rusoke Kituuma said th...
In a statement read by representatives of the three organisations and family spokesperson Nobert Ochieng, they said eyewitness accounts indicate the t...
In July 2025, Kenyan activist Mwabili Mwagodi was abducted in Tanzania, while in May 2025, Boniface Mwangi and Agather Atuhaire were also kidnapped an...
In a statement dated October 3, 2025, the Commission said it had requested Uganda’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs to coordinate with local authorities t...
Njagi and Oyoo, who had joined NUP presidential candidate Bobi Wine’s campaign on Tuesday, were reportedly forced into a vehicle and had their phones...
Authorities, however, have offered little reassurance. Lamu County Commissioner Wesley Koech told journalists he was unaware of any security operation...
The two accuse the Kenyan Government of colluding with Ugandan authorities in a covert operation that violated their rights and undermined Kenya's sov...
The five chiefs, drawn from Wargadud East, Qurahmudow, and Chachabole administrative units, were abducted in February by suspected members of the outl...
The family claims the children were forced into a waiting vehicle by heavily armed men believed to be police officers and driven to an unknown locatio...
Mwenda Mbijiwe was reportedly last seen in Roysambu, Nairobi, in the company of individuals believed to be officers from the Directorate of Criminal I...
